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Ir. S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA. AUGUST, ISdl. 



,0H:: I. KIEST/.NJ, Publisher. 



Elite rr<l nt tlip Post OIHcc i 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Slow Progress, - - . . '. . 113 



Old Documents, 113 



The Kieffcr Pear, - lU 



Lancaster County Peat - 114 



State Board of As^riculture, - - - - ] 14 



Public Documents, - - - - - 114 



Marl, as a Tobacco Fertilizer, - - - - 115 



The Game Laws, ------ 115 



The Terrible Heat, 115 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



More About Bats, - 115 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Apples, 

 Communicated, 



Archaeology, 

 Collection of Mr. Robert C. Bair, of York Fu 



SELECTIONS. 

 Worth Knowing, - - . 

 Some Tilings for Housewives to 

 Books. 



Tobacco Culture, 



> Top— Priming— Suokering. 



Top-Lt 

 Trade in Fjowers, 



Summer Drinks, - 



Our Comiug Wine Crop, . - . - 

 From Nature's Storehouse, . . - - 

 How Cattle are Killed for New York Market, 

 Scientific Notes, - .... 

 Estimate of Jay Gould's Wealth, 

 Internal Revenue, --.... \i2 

 ImmcnseSumsCollected in Lancaster and York. 

 OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultu- 

 ral Society, - 123 



Crop lieports— Answering Questions-Tbe Best 

 Breed of Cattle— Time for Ploughing. 



The Poultry Society, 123 



Election of Jlembere- The Next Exhibition. 

 Liuneeau Society, . - .■ . . , i2j 

 Donations to Museum— Donations to Library— 

 Historical- Papers Itead— New and Deferred 

 Busine.'ra. 



Fulton Farmers' Club, 124 



Questions Asked and Answered- Tobacco Cul- 



AGRICULTURE. 



The Turnip Crop, 125 



The Monthly Reports from the Department of 



Agriculture, 125 



German Millet, iok 



Fil'ty-four Bushels Apiece, - . . - 



Wonders of Broom Corn, . . - - 



Top-Dressing Meadows, 



HORTICULTURE. 



flow to Plant Celery, 



Two Good Pears, 



Plowing Young Orchards, 



Garden Crops Yet to Grow, . - - . 

 K DiDiculty with Shrubberies, - - - - 



Apples, 



Thin the Crops, - - 



Summer Treatment of Calla Lilies, 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Timely Suggestions as to the Trestment of 

 Persona Overcome by Heat, - - - . 

 The Milk Periods, - - - -, - 



Blackberry Wine, ------ 



Usefulness of Lemons, - - - - - 



Household Hints, ------ 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 

 Salad Dressing with Raw Eggs, 

 Mock Buckwheat Cakes, .... 



Whipped Cream, -.--.. 



Fritters, 



Cake'or Fruit Sandwiches, - . . . 1'27 



Tossed Potatoes, -----' 127 



Tomato Soup, l,-7 



Almond Cookies, ------ 127 



Spanish Egge, ------- 127 



Beefsteak Pickled 127 



To Boil Kice, - - li;7 



POULTRY. 



Causes of Roup in Fowls, l"27 



About Chickens, - . - - - - 128 



Poultry Notes, 128 



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